Warm weather brings out more butterflys, etc.

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  1. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    My husband knows if I see a butterfly through the window, I am out the door after grabbing my camera...this week I had a few more visitors to share with you...

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    Tree frog ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Clearwing Hummingbird Moth ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Pearl Crescent Butterfly ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Monarch Butterfly ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Tree Frog ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Monarch Butterfly, resting ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, very small ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )





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    Red Admiral Butterfly... ( photo / image / picture from Sherry8's Garden )
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Beautiful. I just love the little tree frog.They are my favorite......
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Keep rushing outdoors with your camera Sherry. Your photographs always cheer me up as I love seeing the visitors to your garden. The second shot of the tree frog looks as though it's about to pounce on the centre of the flower. :-D
     
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    Beeker In Flower

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    Wow. Great pictures!
    I didn't know that tree frogs were so tiny!
    Cute.
    Big noise from a little critter!
     



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    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    I just took these half an hour ago...

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    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    Thank you everyone...
    Beeker...that is the tiniest one I have ever seen too. I am wondering if it is a baby one because the other ones I have had were so much larger than this one. I looked for him today and couldn't find him but with being that small he would be easy to miss in the garden...
     
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    Sherry great pic's. I too love those tree frogs. In the late afternoon they sit up in the trees by our house and make those noises that sound like raccoons. Drives the dog crazy.
    I will have to plant some Butterfly bushes. They really do attract a large varieties of critters. :stew1:
     
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    I think it brings out more than butterflies. I have a lot of those orange butterflies. They seem to love all the zinnias and I didn't even plant them. I may collect seeds and plant some more next year though. Thanks for the pictures.

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    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    dooley...are you talking orange sulphurs? I have yet to see a butterfly on my zinnias, any kind of butterfly. The bees love them ...maybe I have the container in the wrong area. They got so leggy this year that they don't want to stand up in the wind...
     

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